Pediatric emergency department visits and ambient Air pollution in the U.S. State of Georgia: a case-crossover study

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 1-8

  Xiao, Qingyang ^a   Liu, Yang ^a   Mulholland, James A ^b   Russell, Armistead G ^b   Darrow, Lyndsey A ^c   Tolbert, Paige E ^a   Strickland, Matthew J ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; CMAQ; Multipollutant model; Pediatric Emergency Department Visits

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; NITRATE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; SULFATE; SULFUR DIOXIDE; AIR POLLUTANT; AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; CARBON MONOXIDE; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AMBIENT AIR; ASTHMA; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; DISEASE INCIDENCE; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; NUMERICAL MODEL; PNEUMONIA; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRONCHITIS; CHILD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; OTITIS MEDIA; PARTICULATE MATTER; PEDIATRICS; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; WHEEZING; AIR POLLUTION; ANALYSIS; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; GEORGIA; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; ODDS RATIO; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

GEORGIA; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; CARBON MONOXIDE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GEORGIA; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; NITRATES; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; ODDS RATIO; OTITIS MEDIA; OZONE; PARTICULATE MATTER; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SULFATES; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

EID: 84997124411     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12940-016-0196-y     Document Type: Article

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